190The BeggarsHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46826 State: 16/17 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958 |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958. |
| Paper size: | 306 x 210 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 303 x 210 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | top part of Strasbourg Lily |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | plate tone, darker along the margins of the platemark; additional tone in the densely cross-hatched areas of the passageway |
| Note on foul biting: | some granular tone on wooden beams at top; slight foul biting bottom centre |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly on verso in pencil |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Proof before later / complete plate state of Plate' on verso at bottom right |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 40 mm from left margin, 3 x 12 mm; butterfly of 1888/1890 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1940804 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.